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Verified: The second death in NTU has been confirmed as a suicide case and that just made everything even scary!!

Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/413708/1/.html

11.40am: NTU President has sent an email to NTU population of this latest incident. But inside his email there is no further clarification on the cause of death. Also remained unknown is the nature of death whether it is suicide or by accident or natural death. I shall not come into any conclusion, but to express my condolences to the family of the passed-way. Another incident in NTU in not even a week. That’s creepy…

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, 

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that one of our colleagues, Mr Zhou Zheng, an infocomm project officer was found to have passed away in an apartment at Nanyang Heights at about 10.50pm on Friday, 6 March 2009. The Dean of Students, the university counselling professionals and other senior university officers were on site immediately to offer support and counsel.

The university is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of one of our staff. Mr Zhou’s family has been notified. We are doing our utmost to help his family and friends, residents at Nanyang Heights and anyone in the NTU community that may be traumatised by what has happened in our campus this week.

The university board of trustees, management and the NTU community, send our heartfelt condolences to the family of the late Mr Zhou. We will extend every assistance to the family to help ease their pain.

We shall rally together and pull through this difficult period.

DR SU GUANING
PRESIDENT

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It has not been confirmed yet. I dare not to comment anything. But when I woke up this morning, 2 friends had told me about this incident that happened in Nanyang Height again.

Another jumping/suicide incident had happened in NTU. That makes it 2 cases not even in a full 1 week!!! Now that’s creepy!!

I had been worried that the previous incident might have effect or trigger a series of actions that has no return, hopefully this news is just some fake news.

Let’s pray. If not NTU will be full of haunted spirits. Or the management might decide to put safety nets all over the campus to aoivd these kind of incident again. I will keep you all posted on the updates.

No…

Something happened in my campus today. Something so shocked that I took minutes off my work during my industrial training to think over this. Traumatized and unbelieving, that something like this could have happened in the university that I am in now…

To the family and friends of the victims and involved parties, condolences and to the student – R.I.P.

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Update: 9:24PM

Our NTU President Dr. Su Guan Ning sent 2nd letter to the whole NTU population expressing the deep condolences with a clearer update from the incident. I don’t feel like posting the name of the person involved and if you insisted of knowing who he was, google from the net and not asking from me because I think this is at least some respect that he could earn for the last time. R.I.P. 

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students of NTU,

The parents of David H. Wxx., have been informed of the details. Together with Prof Kam Chan Hin, Chair of EEE, Prof Er Meng Hwa, Senior Associate Provost, and Ms Chua Poh Gek from the International Student Centre, I met Mr and Mrs Wxx. and on behalf of the Board of Trustees, management and the NTU community, expressed our heartfelt condolences at the tragic loss. No words can adequately describe how saddened we all are. The university extends every help possible to the family in their moment of grief. Our prayers are with them.

I visited Prof Chan Kap Luk who is recovering at the National University Hospital after surgery which lasted an hour and forty-five minutes. No main arteries or organs were damaged. I am heartened by the many students and colleagues who were also there to offer comfort and support.

DR SU GUANING

PRESIDENT 

Everyone has stress. Perhaps he just put it in the wrong way.

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Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_344879.html

The student had apparently jumped from the glass rooftop of a bridge.

This morning, an undergraduate student from Electrical and Electronic Engineering School in NTU had just commited suicide in the campus today, after he stabbed his final year project supervisor and professor.

The seriousness cannot be neglected. And the whole campus is filled with dark cloud during the first day when students were back from their one-week recess.

Stress? Confusion? Frustration? Vengeance? Academic?

There might be a lot of reasons that on why and how the student just like me managed to do something like tat. With due all respect, I shall not come into any conclusion in that. What I am going to tell is just something that poured from my heart immediately after the incident.

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It reminded my of the Columbine High School incident that happened in USA quite awhile ago, and I couldn’t believe that something like this could have happened in the school I am in! 

Stress. Yes. We are all in stress. For students in NTU (or perhaps NUS and SMU and others..), I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND your feeling. Everyday is like war. Everyday we are filled with commitment and tasks to be fulfilled and no one second can be wasted.

Whatever we do, whatever we say in the campus, it all comes down to the final objective – Exam grade? Results? Or the ultimate degree certificate that we are going to get?

No I don’t think so!

Degree is important. But it is just a tool to open the path for you in your career when you are graduated. But whatever it is, it is just the opening part! And often when we concentrate on what we are aiming, sometimes we derail from the most basic stuff that we are supposed to pursue.

Life.

The society nowadays is derailed so much, that many of us mistake that Money is equal to a better life.

I do notice that in myself. I do wish I could have more money, thanks to the mindset of the society nowadays. Because without money you can’t do much for yourself.

But I realised that what we need is to earn what we could, and what we need.

The Last Samurai is a very good movie to remind yourself to be mediocre. Sometimes you walk a big round and return to the starting point, only to realise that what you really need is just some basic neccesities.

OK. Those are not reasons for you to slack off! I don’t mean that. What I am trying to convey here is… Sometimes, we need to slow down, look around, and enjoy.

Don’t be so serious. Just follow the flow of life. And you might find what you really want afterall.

p.s.: Seriously, from a stabbing incident I can talk all the way to something not related at all… =.=”

。。。不是考试成绩放榜的时候

。。。不是那课外活动成功的满足感

。。。也不是明白教授所教的所有东西

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我在南大最高兴的时候。。。是和宵夜党 (Supper Gang) 一起的时候

我也忘记了，我们是在什么时候组成的。也忘记了我们如何认识大家，因为那些好像完全属于我们的一部分，就好象我们一早就认识大家，理所当然的事实。

我们经过了许多。。

一起吃东西

一起玩东西。。

一起玩吃的东西（堕落。。哈哈。。不过最后我们还是把全部吃完哦！）

一起讨论东西。。

一起看戏。。

一起出去游玩。。

还有好多好多一起做的事情。。。

有时候会很感动，因为每个人都会尽量迁就大家，尽量（除非某人特地放飞机）在不会漏下任何一个人的情况下举行每一个聚会。。。

先考完试的会弄寿司给还没有考完的人吃。。

出去吃都要share一share（可以吃到更多种咯。。）

哈哈。。SUPPER GANG ～～～ 很高兴和你们在一起！！我们一起加油哦！！！

昨天开工了，不要误会。我还有一年半才毕业，这是我的industrial training。得到的一间公司是一间重型机械制造跨国公司。不方便透露出来，但时机成熟后我就会告诉大家，所以不要太急！

老实说啦，有点辛苦，有压力。。。

刚开始2天不要以为没有东西做，我们物质工程的可要连机械工程的CAD (Computer-Aid Design)的图画都给搞懂。方才可以开始我们的真正工作，有一点懵懵懂懂的。。。有点害怕，毕竟出来见社会了。。。而且还要自己学会。。。流汗

虽然是有点辛苦啦，做工回到来还要读书，但是有点偷笑因为可以学多一点东西咯。。。但是难免会羡慕别人training回到来轻轻松松的感觉。。。

新年快乐。祝大家万事如意哦。。（好像有一点早了。。呵呵）

So I’ve got my own version of ERP even IN MY ROOM!!!

 ERP is a so called “car-money-sucking” machine by Singaporeans, it’s called “Plaza Tol” in Malaysia, just it’s automatic without hiring people sitting in an air-cond booth to “suck” the money from you.

So my ERP has come!! Examination Revision Period now!! My first paper will be on Nov 18 and my last paper will be on Nov 28. 

Nov 18 – Analysis of Materials

Nov 20 – Materials Failure

Nov 25 – Metallic & Ceramic Materials

Nov 27 – Advanced Materials Processing

Nov 28 – Engineers & Society

So as you can see, I’m studying all about materials and materials and materials .. …. ZzzZZzzz

Have to score well this time. So bare with me. Will blog from times to times if I felt boring or just wanna have some funny inputs… ok?

Oh yea… NTU… nowadays is so different … Almost everywhere you can see people mugging. it’s Singlish. Means burying yourself into mountains of books … … @_@

Like this…

Seriously!! If not watch this posted on youtube.com ages ago!! 

Just that I lazy to take the photos to you because I’m joining them!!

Welcome to the DARK SIDE!!!!

Hi Hi Hi!! We went for a superior buffet lunch at Kuishin-Bo at Jurong Point last weekend as a celebration for post FOC gathering!! Haha.. Everyone was happy when Jacky annouced that part of the lunch would be sponsored by him!! =D

So can pay less eat more lar!! lol .. haha

Haha… Why I post this 7.30am in the morning? Make me more hungry nia… haha… enough lar… haha…

Best!! Nice buffet!! Large variety… Good food… Of course better than Sakura!!! But price-wise… haha… that depends on you lar!!

Hi!! Another bumper issues of RANDOM PHOTOS!! The photos are all totally random.. haha… and all of them were actually taken quite recent… Enjoy!!

Malacca River, Malacca Trip ‘08

Bird Nest Tart, cheat money one.. hahaha…

Caesar Salad, Cartel Restaurant

my roomie sleeping, i told you this will be random right? … lol …

LAGENDA Opening Ceremony, Freshmen Orientation Camp ‘08

so many New Waters for goodies bag!!! @.@

one of the Gardens in exhibition, Singapore Flower Festival ‘08

BALLSSSSS …

New Macho Photo…

more BALLS and soup, Supper Gang random lunch steamboat

I said it’s all random and I will end this post with the ULTIMATE RANDOM PHOTO!! How random is it? Here you go!!

Title of Photo “3 Act Cute People” From left: Jacky, Sean, Yok Yin… =.=”

That’s all for now.. More coming up…

Wow! I didn’t know I was so rich afterall! Siao ler… Today went out to City Hall and Orchard with Jackson and we sort of like … “Hey why not eating some good food?”

And we arrived at Thai Express at Plaza Singapura

And you must be like … “What?! You called that ‘good food’ ?”

Muahaha … … To me, anything beyond SGD10 and above is considered “GOOD” … muahahaha … Perhaps I was kinda siao tat time when I decided to spent so much on the food … hiak hiak hiak (after exam effect…)

Muahaha … I ordered dunno what “King of Prawn” Laksa … a lot of lemak … haha … hmm … well … I don’t know what to say … muahaha … it was ok la … just the santan (coconut milk) made me a bit … uh .. need ENO … muahaha SGD9.90

Then Jackson ordered this “looked normal but really not really special” rice… hahaha … okay la .. the sauce was really special ok?! Kinda nice if you mixed the sauce with rice … but overall considered normal onli … lol .. SGD9.90

Wah!! So I was kinda sarcarstic and mean right? Hehe… but I can tell you the specialty damn nice ok? Hehe.. Here come the CRISPY PRAWN BALLS !!

At first I was like … what the … very normal onli what … … hahaha … what so special about these BALLS ? Then when I took a bite … !!!!!

The “half prawn” came to say hello to me!! Muahahaha … … not bad not bad !! SGD5.50

What else? We also ordered this cold cendol (they do have HOT cendol ! what the … =.=”) and to be honest … cannot fight with Penang or Malaysia cendol la … muahahaha … SGD5.50

WAH!!! SPENT SO MUCH HOW ?!?!?! EAT INSTANT NOODLES FOR WHOLE NEXT WEEK LOR !! MUAHAHAHA … see ya!

Hi dudes! Didn’t do much stuff today… mainly trying to get some good rest but in the end turned out to be very bad … haha … got panda eyes liao … T.T haha ..

But hey! Even I don’t have much stuff to blog today, I’ve got a few things to share with you guys!

Nice Video – Paintballing – It will never be the same again!

Haha… it is really funny at the end there… lol

But wait!!! That’s not all!! To all Malaysian Student out there … if you .. yea YOU’re reading this right now .. you got the chance to join this wonderful event…

Organized by the United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC), the summit will be a platform for intellectual and scholastic discourse between prominent local leaders and Malaysian student leaders from around the world.
 
This year’s prospective speakers include Y.A.B. Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah, Y.B. Dato’ Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein, YB Senator Zaid Ibrahim, Dr Farish Ahmad-Noor, Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Prof. Dr. Shad Saleem Faruqi, Dato’ Nazir Razak, Karim Raslan, Zainah Anwar etc, while issues discussed will include transparency and accountability in governance, the restoration of faith in the judicial system, race relations, the National Education Blueprint, religious diversity etc.
 
The Summit will be held at Nikko Hotel on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2008.
 
Admission is free.
Places are limited to the first 500 participants who register at www.msls08.com.
For pictures of last year’s inaugural Malaysian Student Leaders Summit, please visit www.ukeconline.com.

Yea … I’ve registered. Most probably I will attend this event! But when I register, my ID is already 313. Means the 500 seats are going out fast! Act quick to avoid disappointment!!

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Will be a BIG SURPRISE to you all if I manage to get into this program… So stay tuned!

So see ya! lol

Guess what? I’m actually happy and not. Happy because I got one last paper to go… Next Wednesday!! But disappointed because I might just fail my first ever paper in NTU. Oh my godd!!! Hhahaaha… How can I still laugh about that? Well … anyway it’s over liao and not use to cry over the spilt milk … So never mind la … I just hope that I can keep my scholarship or else I’d really need to “da pao” and go back to KL… Haha… (da pao means pack up in Cantonese… lol)

So what about today? Hiak hiak hiak… After the paper I was like relax-ing myself with my coursemates and friends like there’s no tomorrow!! Hahaha … I was eating like there’s no calories!! Haha… later tonight must jog or else I’d rather suck my fat !! lol

We went to Swensen to celebrate my coursemate’s birthday and guess who’s the lucky one? Hehe.. His name is Kai Shing and so he got a free treat from all of us and also from SWENSENS !! Haha.. Birthday boys/girls will get a complimentary dessert when your birthday is on the same date!! Haha…

Ok… cut the crap… Now I’m gonna post Photos like there’s no tomorrow!!! hiak hiak hiak!!!

  both of them are Orange juice… haha… what’s the difference? the one on the right is SUPER ORANGE REMIX (with milo + lime + etc … sweat.. i got this because i bet wy leong didn’t dare to mix all the drinks in the canteen for me… T.T)

So here come the birthday photos!!

 Swensens Mega Burger $13.90 … wy leong said not bad oh…

 Birthday boy Kai Shing’s Fish an Chip … yummy …

 Lamb Chop Lamb Chop !!

 My own normal until cannot normal anymore de breaded chicken … hahaha …

  Jackson’s crap .. oops .. crab set … nice oh!!

 the sweet ladies ordered a pizza … crunchy eh !

 then we got Fondue some more! $18.90 .. not worth la …

 we “killed” the flag … 

  Kai Shing – the Birthday boy … hehe .. pretend to be innocent .. muahaha …

  sorry ah .. din bring camera … hahaha … can see my new haircut or not ? lol

hehe …

So post a photo of my new laptop’s desktop … i installed MAC OS X interface but uninstalled it soon after due to the HUGE LAGNESS after i installed them … … very lag ler … even so pretty but i had to give them up lor … 

Oh yea… forgot to tell you all … I got my haircut today too!! Muahaha .. become more and more HANDSOME adi!! Hehe .. Wi